Covering every hamlet and precinct in America, big and small, the stories span arts and sports, business and history, innovation and adventure, generosity and courage, resilience and redemption, faith and love, past and present. In short, Our American Stories tells the story of America to Americans.
About Lee Habeeb
Lee Habeeb co-founded Laura Ingraham’s national radio show in 2001, moved to Salem Media Group in 2008 as Vice President of Content overseeing their nationally syndicated lineup, and launched Our American Stories in 2016. He is a University of Virginia School of Law graduate, and writes a weekly column for Newsweek.
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Candyman: The Story of Jelly Belly Founder, David Klein
Forgiving My Worthless Father
On this episode of Our American Stories, Leslie Leyland Fields tells us about the heart-breaking relationship between her and her father. And it's not what you'd expect.
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"How Old Would You Be If You Didn't Know How Old You Were?" The Life of Satchel Paige
On this episode of Our American Stories, Bob Kendrick, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, tells the story of a man many historians consider to be the greatest pitcher in the history of baseball: Leroy "Satchel" Paige.
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Batman Through the Years
On this episode of Our American Stories, Batman is a household name. His list of comic issues, let alone live action movies, animated films and tv shows, video games, you name it, is nothing short of astounding… but this wasn’t always the case. Andrew Farago, Curator at the Cartoon Art Museum and author of Batman: The Definitive History of the Dark Knight in Comics, Film, and Beyond, is here to tell us the story of the Caped Crusader.
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A Brief History of St. Patrick's Day
On this episode of Our American Stories, buried beneath the St. Patrick’s Day symbols of shamrocks, leprechauns, and green beer, lies the story of a man determined to share a message with a people who made him a slave.
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Busy Mother of Six Befriends Retired Cop
On this episode of Our American Stories, Heidi Viars shares about how her life changed when she began showing some neighborly kindness to a grumpy old cop.
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The Duke: The Life of Duke Ellington w/ Terry Teachout
On this episode of Our American Stories, some believe he was the most important composer of the 20th century, in or out of jazz. Terry Teachout, one of America's best culture writers and author of Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington, tells the story of the jazz legend, his music, his struggles, his triumphs and so much more.
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The "10 Cent Beer Night"
On this episode of Our American Stories, on June 4, 1974, in Cleveland, trouble was a brewin', the bleachers were loaded, and there was a distinct buzz in the air. Here's the History Guy with the story!
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How Horses Healed and Saved Not One Life But Two
On this episode of Our American Stories, Dawn Newlan suffered from PTSD after witnessing her husband's suicide. William Lambert suffered from survivors' guilt after a hellish trip overseas. Both we're saved... by horses. Here they are telling their remarkable story of how equine therapy saved their lives.
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I Was Bored in Grad School-So I Joined the Navy
On this episode of Our American Stories, the story of Hank Brown, the Senator who began his career as a forward air controller in the Vietnam War.
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